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How to install NeoRouter on La Fonera+

La Fonera+(FON2201) is a small, cheap and cute wireless device, which comes with the firmware 1.1.x . The hardware spec is as following:

  • System-On-Chip Atheros AR2315 / AR5006
  • CPU Speed 183 MHz
  • Flash size 8 MiB
  • RAM 16 MiB
  • Wireless Integrated Atheros 802.11b/g
  • Ethernet 1x RJ45
  • USB No
  • Serial Yes
  • JTAG No

Since La Fonera+ has less RAM, most foneras who want to install Fonera 2.0 firmware and NeoRouter Zero-Config VPN solution may come cross the similar issue. It's a tricky to convert your normal wireless router into a VPN server, but it's not hard actually. Just follow my instructions and you can do it.

1. Preparation

We need to prepare several files and software before getting started, as your computer may lost connection to the Internet during the process. We take Windows as an example.

a. The firmware images:

  • loader: 
http://download.fon.com/beta/2/loader.bin
MD5: 48B471511907E582ECC0A3B40A174F64
  • failsafe image: 
http://download.fonosfera.org/failsafe/20090206_FON2202_failsafe.image    
MD5: D29E07BDCB6DF04209CAFAFCE8F3BC5F
  • Fonera 2.0 image:

we use the Caterpillar DEVELOPERS image, which enables the SSH by default. 

http://download.fonosfera.org/Caterpillar/20090217_FON2202_2.2.3.0_Caterpillar_developers.image
MD5: 8526415082A2FE0CEBC8A73D73E26EDD

b. The Putty 

 http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe

c. The TFTP Server 

 http://tftpd32.jounin.net/download/tftpd32.329.zip

d. The NeoRouter Server for Fonera 2.0 Firmware 

 http://www.neorouter.com/Downloads/Linux_0.9.5.992/Fon/neorouter-0.9.5.992-fon-mips-ipks.zip

The package contains the following files:

  • libuuid_1.40.11-1_mips.ipk
  • uclibcxx_0.2.2-1_mips.ipk
  • zlib_1.2.3-5_mips.ipk
  • libopenssl_0.9.8h-1_mips.ipk
  • neorouter-0.9.5.992-fon-mips.ipk

NOTE: Because La Fonera+ cannot leave enough memory for other applications once the Fonera 2.0 firmware has been installed, installing the NeoRouter plugin for Fonera may cause your router reboot. So we provide .ipk packages and you must install them one by one manually.

2. Flash La Fonera+ firmware

3. Install NeoRouter server on the La Fonera+

4. Tips

5. Reference links

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